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Removing the handwheels from the crossslide
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Rogan Creswick
It looks like there's a specialty screwdriver / spanner needed to dismantle the handwheels on the cross slide & compound (see pic). Does anyone know what this tool is called? (and perhaps where I can get one?) I'm also open to ideas about how I should clean the pictured handwheel. The crud is polymerized oil / shop gunk from a fire, and it is extremely stubborn. Once I get these apart, I can soak the parts in degreaser (I've been using Grime Reaper or CRC heavy duty degreaser) but even that doesn't do that much to loosen things up. It usually takes a good bit of elbow grease w/ steel wool, a wire wheel, or soda blasting, and I'm afraid that those will marr the numbers. Thanks! Rogan 
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Andrei
Make your own tool. Take a suitably wide screwdriver and cut a slot in the middle so only the sides of the. BLade reach the slots and turn it.
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From: SouthBendLathe@groups.io <SouthBendLathe@groups.io> on behalf of Rogan Creswick <creswick@...>
Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2022 12:46:27 PM To: SouthBendLathe@groups.io <SouthBendLathe@groups.io> Subject: [SouthBendLathe] Removing the handwheels from the crossslide It looks like there's a specialty screwdriver / spanner needed to dismantle the handwheels on the cross slide & compound (see pic). Does anyone know what this tool is called? (and perhaps where I can get one?)
I'm also open to ideas about how I should clean the pictured handwheel. The crud is polymerized oil / shop gunk from a fire, and it is extremely stubborn. Once I get these apart, I can soak the parts in degreaser (I've been using Grime Reaper or CRC heavy
duty degreaser) but even that doesn't do that much to loosen things up. It usually takes a good bit of elbow grease w/ steel wool, a wire wheel, or soda blasting, and I'm afraid that those will marr the numbers.
Thanks!
Rogan
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Something like this.
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 Jim B. Thats a dead screwdriver I broke the tip off. 1629 Riverview Drive. Apt 416 Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
-- Jim B
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mike allen
Its a sacrificial screw the right size that you grind the center clearance in it to clear the screw part . animal
On 5/1/2022 9:46 AM, Rogan Creswick
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Not Quite.
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Its a nut, not a screw. Ignore arrows. Its on the far right.  Jim B. 1629 Riverview Drive. Apt 416 Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
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Jim B
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An answer to the other part of the question - removing burnt on grease etc. There are a few things you could try: Caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), which can be found as either reasonably pure crystals or a very strong solution as commercial dishwasher fluid. Apply pretty strong and leave to soak. Take the usual precautions appropriate to strong acids & alkalis, and DON'T let it near anything that contains reactive metals like Aluminium, zinc, etc. or those will just disappear. You might also try stove (i.e. woodburner) glass cleaner and oven cleaner. I believe both are also strong alkalis. Above all, BE CAREFUL, as these can all degrease hands down to the bone and take out eyesight on a permanent basis. I've just taken a look at the Grime Reaper website for the first time, and my mood lifted when I saw "decarboniser", with an image of sparkly labour free cylinder heads flashing into my mind. Turns out its for bakeries and other catering applications. I wonder if their solution bears any resemblance to Elbow Grease, which is great for cleaning inside the cabs of steam locos and the kitchen ceilings at a greasy spoon cafe. Cheers, Eddie
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mike allen
I forgot to type "driver " after screw . can't type & listen to people talk at the same time . animal
On 5/1/2022 10:42 AM, Jim_B wrote:
Not Quite.
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Vern VanZ
I made a tool for the ball handle nuts on my lathe out of some hot rolled strap... It worked fine. -V.
On Sunday, May 1, 2022, 09:46:45 AM PDT, Rogan Creswick <creswick@...> wrote:
It looks like there's a specialty screwdriver / spanner needed to dismantle the handwheels on the cross slide & compound (see pic). Does anyone know what this tool is called? (and perhaps where I can get one?)
I'm also open to ideas about how I should clean the pictured handwheel. The crud is polymerized oil / shop gunk from a fire, and it is extremely stubborn. Once I get these apart, I can soak the parts in degreaser (I've been using Grime Reaper or CRC heavy duty degreaser) but even that doesn't do that much to loosen things up. It usually takes a good bit of elbow grease w/ steel wool, a wire wheel, or soda blasting, and I'm afraid that those will marr the numbers. Thanks! Rogan 
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Rogan Creswick
Thanks! I don't know why I never think to modify other tools... I have a bucket of old large flat head screwdrivers, and it only took a few minutes to grind out a notch in one. (well, more like 45, with digging out the dremel and getting things marked up).
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wlw19958
Hi There,
On Sun, May 1, 2022 at 09:52 AM, Andrei wrote: Make your own tool.That's what I did.   I made mine from a 1/2" diameter O1 tool steel. I drilled a hole in the center and then ground it to a screw driver tip profile on the bench grinder. Then I took a piece 2" bearing bronze and made a handle and used a set screw to hole it in place. In retrospect, I should have made it longer but it hasn't let me down yet. Good Luck! -Blue Chips- Webb
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Dennis LaMonica
Ilion Industrial on eBay sells that special screw driver bit ( that's eye- ell - eye-oh- en). Steve WB(I think)
Dennis via Moto Z3 -- Dennis western NY, USA
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Dennis LaMonica
Stevewb on Ebay.
Also lubs, belts, wick kits, rebuild manuals, and more  Dennis via Moto Z3 -- Dennis western NY, USA
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Andrei
You guys know that we have machines that can make almost anything?
The skill level for chopping up an old screwdriver is minimal. No need to spend money and wait a week for something you can make in a few minutes.
If you don't have an old screwdriver, go to Harbor Freight and get one (or any hardware store, if you are in a more remote area).
From: SouthBendLathe@groups.io <SouthBendLathe@groups.io> on behalf of Dennis LaMonica <dennislamonica@...>
Sent: Monday, May 2, 2022 9:08 AM To: SouthBendLathe@groups.io <SouthBendLathe@groups.io> Subject: Re: [SouthBendLathe] Removing the handwheels from the crossslide Stevewb on Ebay.
Also lubs, belts, wick kits, rebuild manuals, and more  Dennis
via Moto Z3
-- Dennis western NY, USA
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Daniel Fuller
I have used a filed down steel strip and I also have an "asparagus" picker that has had some grinding to the right shape. Picked more asparagus in my young days that I would like to have remembered. :-( Dan
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mike allen
My first one was made from a old spade bit . animal
On 5/2/2022 6:27 AM, Daniel Fuller
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